Crypto Market Close Oct. 4, 2026: BTC $86,460 (+1.9%)

Crypto market close, Oct. 4: Bitcoin rises 1.9% to $86,460 as ADA climbs 6.3%

Bitcoin ended the UTC day at $86,460 after a $84,717–$86,670 range; 29 of the 50 largest crypto assets rose and 15 fell. Movers, whale flows, stablecoins and sentiment inside.

Bitcoin closed the UTC day on October 4, 2026 at $86,460, up 1.9% from its $84,815 open, after trading in a $84,717–$86,670 range. Ether ended at $2,726 (+1.4%). The total crypto market capitalization stood at $2.90T (+1.8% over 24 hours), with Bitcoin's share at 59.7%.

Breadth was positive: of the 50 largest assets we track (excluding stablecoins and wrapped tokens), 29 rose and 15 fell, and the median move was +0.8%. The standout among the top 30 was Cardano (ADA), +6.3% to $0.2593.

Majors at the close

Asset	Close	Day	7 days	Day range
Bitcoin (BTC)	$86,460	+1.9%	+1.9%	$84,717–$86,670
Ethereum (ETH)	$2,726	+1.4%	+0.6%	$2,687–$2,735
Binance Coin (BNB)	$795.38	+1.0%	+1.9%	$783.01–$796.84
XRP (XRP)	$1.52	+2.2%	−1.1%	$1.49–$1.53
Solana (SOL)	$121.50	+1.5%	−2.0%	$119.68–$122.15
TRON (TRX)	$0.3356	−0.1%	+0.4%	$0.3349–$0.3364
Hyperliquid (HYPE)	$90.55	+1.2%	−3.0%	$89.35–$91.11
Zcash (ZEC)	$1,353	+3.7%	−18.5%	$1,304–$1,363
Dogecoin (DOGE)	$0.0959	+3.2%	−2.1%	$0.0926–$0.0972
Monero (XMR)	$546.42	−1.2%	−1.2%	$543.92–$554.17

Biggest movers in the top 50

Up: Venice Token +6.7% · Cardano +6.3% · Zcash +3.7% · Stellar +3.5% · Mantle +3.3%

Down: Pepe −7.2% · Worldcoin −2.7% · Maker −2.7% · Quant −1.7% · Aave −1.4%

Beyond the top 50 (assets above $50 million in market value, rolling 24 hours): Helium (HNT) led gains at +16.0%; Bedrock (BR) fell the most, −13.0%.

Sentiment

The Crypto Fear & Greed Index read 70 (Greed), up from 65 a day earlier. Basis Desk's own news-flow gauge counted 0 bullish, 0 bearish and 13 neutral items among 13 published during the day.

Stablecoins

Stablecoin supply totaled $314.1B, up $1.2B over 24 hours. Largest: USDT $184.1B, USDC $74.2B, USDS $6.9B.

Whale flows

Basis Desk's on-chain scanner logged 261 transfers of $5 million or more on Ethereum (ETH and major tokens) and 38 Bitcoin transfers of 100 BTC or more, excluding change outputs and wallet consolidations. Deposits to labeled exchange wallets totaled $249.2M, against $255.4M withdrawn.

$50.0M in USDC (50,000,000 USDC) from an unlabeled wallet to Circle
$50.0M in USDC (50,000,000 USDC) from Circle to Coinbase 36
$35.1M in ETH (13,036 ETH) from an unlabeled wallet to Binance

Live feed: whale transfers.

Network fees

Ethereum gas was 0.21 gwei (standard); Bitcoin fees for next-half-hour confirmation were 1 sat/vB at the close.

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How this report is made

This report is generated automatically from Basis Desk's market snapshots, with no AI-written text. Closing prices and day ranges come from our own 5-minute price history between 00:00 and 24:00 UTC (prices via Coinbase, Kraken and DefiLlama); 7-day changes, market values and the wider market from Coinlore; Fear & Greed from alternative.me; stablecoin supply from DefiLlama; fees from Ethereum mainnet and Blockstream; whale transfers from Basis Desk's own on-chain scanner. Previous close: Oct. 3. Not financial advice.

Data sources

Automated data report generated from Basis Desk's own market snapshots and on-chain scanner — no AI-written text. Figures are as of the 00:00 UTC close; providers are listed above. Market figures marked "at the time of writing" come from live exchange data. Report an error: corrections@basisdesk.news · corrections policy.

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